Technical Sergeant Victor R. Mette, age 32
Funeral Services for Technical Sergeant Victor D. Mette of 9 Reynolds Avenue, Navy Yard section, will be held at 4 o’clock at Stuhr’s Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sumner Guerry will officiate and burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Sergeant Mette, 32 years old, was killed in a plane crash at Kimball. S. D. Full details of the accident have not been received here. He was an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces and was the son of Mrs. Cecil G. Royal and the late John Allen Mette. He was born, April 9. 1911.
Surviving are his mother; his widow, the former Miss Vera Creveling; 1 daughter,
Diane A. Mette; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Yantis, Mrs. Geneva Strezlec, Mrs. Hilda Owens, Miss Freda Mette, all of Charleston; two brothers, J. W. Mette of Yemassee and Norman Mette of Charleston.
Source;
Charleston News and Courier,
Wednesday, Sept. 01, 1943
Charleston, SC
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Birth Year: 1911
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State of Residence: Florida
County or City: Monroe
Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 138
Gunner in US Army, killed in plane crash while on training mission. Buried in Bethany Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina
Brother of;
John Wayland Mette
Albert Blatchford Mette
Mary Evelyn Mette Cooper
Victor D Mette
Norman Royal Mette
Adelyn Geneva Mette Strezlec
Florence Hilda Mette Owens-Bailey
Freda Mette McEwen
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Certificate Number: 213109
Death Day: 26
Death:Month: Aug
Death Year: 1943
County: Jerauld
1930 United States Federal Census about Victor H Mette
Name: Victor H Mette
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: South Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Saint Michael and Saint Phillip, Charleston, South Carolina
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Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: John A Mette
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Cecile G Mette
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Mette 64
Cecile G Mette 46
Victor H Mette 18
Norman R Mette 16
Geneva A Mette 12
Florence H Mette 9
Freda A Mette 5
Mary Goddard 21
Funeral Services for Technical Sergeant Victor D. Mette of 9 Reynolds Avenue, Navy Yard section, will be held at 4 o’clock at Stuhr’s Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sumner Guerry will officiate and burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Sergeant Mette, 32 years old, was killed in a plane crash at Kimball. S. D. Full details of the accident have not been received here. He was an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces and was the son of Mrs. Cecil G. Royal and the late John Allen Mette. He was born, April 9. 1911.
Surviving are his mother; his widow, the former Miss Vera Creveling; 1 daughter,
Diane A. Mette; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Yantis, Mrs. Geneva Strezlec, Mrs. Hilda Owens, Miss Freda Mette, all of Charleston; two brothers, J. W. Mette of Yemassee and Norman Mette of Charleston.
Source;
Charleston News and Courier,
Wednesday, Sept. 01, 1943
Charleston, SC
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Birth Year: 1911
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State of Residence: Florida
County or City: Monroe
Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 138
Gunner in US Army, killed in plane crash while on training mission. Buried in Bethany Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina
Brother of;
John Wayland Mette
Albert Blatchford Mette
Mary Evelyn Mette Cooper
Victor D Mette
Norman Royal Mette
Adelyn Geneva Mette Strezlec
Florence Hilda Mette Owens-Bailey
Freda Mette McEwen
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Certificate Number: 213109
Death Day: 26
Death:Month: Aug
Death Year: 1943
County: Jerauld
1930 United States Federal Census about Victor H Mette
Name: Victor H Mette
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: South Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Saint Michael and Saint Phillip, Charleston, South Carolina
View Map
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: John A Mette
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Cecile G Mette
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Mette 64
Cecile G Mette 46
Victor H Mette 18
Norman R Mette 16
Geneva A Mette 12
Florence H Mette 9
Freda A Mette 5
Mary Goddard 21
Technical Sergeant Victor R. Mette, age 32
Funeral Services for Technical Sergeant Victor D. Mette of 9 Reynolds Avenue, Navy Yard section, will be held at 4 o’clock at Stuhr’s Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sumner Guerry will officiate and burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Sergeant Mette, 32 years old, was killed in a plane crash at Kimball. S. D. Full details of the accident have not been received here. He was an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces and was the son of Mrs. Cecil G. Royal and the late John Allen Mette. He was born, April 9. 1911.
Surviving are his mother; his widow, the former Miss Vera Creveling; 1 daughter,
Diane A. Mette; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Yantis, Mrs. Geneva Strezlec, Mrs. Hilda Owens, Miss Freda Mette, all of Charleston; two brothers, J. W. Mette of Yemassee and Norman Mette of Charleston.
Source;
Charleston News and Courier,
Wednesday, Sept. 01, 1943
Charleston, SC
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Birth Year: 1911
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State of Residence: Florida
County or City: Monroe
Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 138
Gunner in US Army, killed in plane crash while on training mission. Buried in Bethany Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina
Brother of;
John Wayland Mette
Albert Blatchford Mette
Mary Evelyn Mette Cooper
Victor D Mette
Norman Royal Mette
Adelyn Geneva Mette Strezlec
Florence Hilda Mette Owens-Bailey
Freda Mette McEwen
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Certificate Number: 213109
Death Day: 26
Death:Month: Aug
Death Year: 1943
County: Jerauld
1930 United States Federal Census about Victor H Mette
Name: Victor H Mette
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: South Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Saint Michael and Saint Phillip, Charleston, South Carolina
View Map
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: John A Mette
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Cecile G Mette
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Mette 64
Cecile G Mette 46
Victor H Mette 18
Norman R Mette 16
Geneva A Mette 12
Florence H Mette 9
Freda A Mette 5
Mary Goddard 21
Funeral Services for Technical Sergeant Victor D. Mette of 9 Reynolds Avenue, Navy Yard section, will be held at 4 o’clock at Stuhr’s Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sumner Guerry will officiate and burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Sergeant Mette, 32 years old, was killed in a plane crash at Kimball. S. D. Full details of the accident have not been received here. He was an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces and was the son of Mrs. Cecil G. Royal and the late John Allen Mette. He was born, April 9. 1911.
Surviving are his mother; his widow, the former Miss Vera Creveling; 1 daughter,
Diane A. Mette; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Yantis, Mrs. Geneva Strezlec, Mrs. Hilda Owens, Miss Freda Mette, all of Charleston; two brothers, J. W. Mette of Yemassee and Norman Mette of Charleston.
Source;
Charleston News and Courier,
Wednesday, Sept. 01, 1943
Charleston, SC
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Birth Year: 1911
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: South Carolina
State of Residence: Florida
County or City: Monroe
Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Clerks, general office
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 138
Gunner in US Army, killed in plane crash while on training mission. Buried in Bethany Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina
Brother of;
John Wayland Mette
Albert Blatchford Mette
Mary Evelyn Mette Cooper
Victor D Mette
Norman Royal Mette
Adelyn Geneva Mette Strezlec
Florence Hilda Mette Owens-Bailey
Freda Mette McEwen
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
about Victor D Mette
Name: Victor D Mette
Certificate Number: 213109
Death Day: 26
Death:Month: Aug
Death Year: 1943
County: Jerauld
1930 United States Federal Census about Victor H Mette
Name: Victor H Mette
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: South Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Saint Michael and Saint Phillip, Charleston, South Carolina
View Map
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: John A Mette
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Cecile G Mette
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Mette 64
Cecile G Mette 46
Victor H Mette 18
Norman R Mette 16
Geneva A Mette 12
Florence H Mette 9
Freda A Mette 5
Mary Goddard 21
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Gravesite Details
Certificate: 8162 Source: Florida Department of Health Married Vere C. Creveling , Dade County Florida in 1942
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